Purdue University
B.S. Industrial Engineering
Minors: Statistics, Manufacturing, Management
Certificates: Semiconductors & Microelectronics (Purdue); Data Science Applications (Purdue); Lean Green (IISE)
Purdue Honors College
Alex Kyoungmoon Lee
I'm an industrial engineer with deep interests in operations research, production systems, and data science/ML, and I'm especially drawn to the problems that live at the intersection of all three.
Operations ResearchProduction SystemsData Science / ML / Statistics
Education
Skills
or & analytics
Mixed-Integer ProgrammingMCDMStochastic ModelingMarkov ChainsRegressionDiscrete-Event SimulationMonte Carlo Methods
solvers
GurobiOR-ToolsArena
languages & tools
PythonRSQLMATLABCTypeScriptJavaScriptHTMLCSSPHPGitRobot FrameworkKubernetesLinux
Experience
Work
Founder, Senior Design Project
Purdue University
- Secured faculty sponsorship and led the transition of Boiler Optimizer from a personal project into an official Senior Design Project with defined deliverables and validation milestones.
- Coordinating stakeholder demos and iterative model validation across semesters.
- Managing a multi-semester project roadmap covering schedule optimization, chatbot advising, and catalog data infrastructure.
Student Developer
Purdue University
- Started as a summer project to solve my own scheduling headaches, then grew into a full academic planning tool.
- Designed a custom Mixed-Integer Programming model for academic planning with constraints on prerequisites, time conflicts, and degree audit rules to generate optimized multi-semester schedules.
- Built a multi-criteria decision chatbot with LLM integration to recommend majors and concentrations within Purdue Engineering.
Systems Validation Engineer (Part-Time)
Flanders Electric
- Continued part-time after my internship, maintaining and expanding the automated validation systems remotely alongside full-time coursework.
- Increased test coverage by 30% and cut debug cycle time by 4 hours per sprint through standardized validation procedures.
- Maintained and expanded the automated regression suite across the engineering team.
Systems Validation Engineer (Intern)
Flanders Electric
- Built and maintained 80+ automated regression tests across SQL and containerized environments, reducing failure rate through consistent logging and reproducible test runs.
- Designed a simulation-based validation system using hardware I/O emulation (LabJack, RPi) to replicate PLC signals, eliminating the need for expensive physical test setups.
- Wrote reproducible emulated test runs that removed the dependency on costly hardware rigs.
Computer Science Instructor (Part-Time)
Wonderland Education Inc
- Taught fundamental programming concepts to 32 students with a focus on coding projects to improve creativity and problem-solving.
- Designed lessons and assignments that kept students engaged and building real projects from day one.
- Helped students develop the confidence to tackle open-ended coding challenges independently.
UI Engineer (Intern)
Pearson VUE
- Did frontend development using HTML and CSS to build design components and interactive functions for educational web platforms.
- Debugged and restructured code to streamline user experience flows and improve navigation across the site.
- Contributed to planning sessions around UX improvements aimed at creating a more accessible educational experience.
Research
Undergraduate Researcher (Paid)
NHanCE Lab
- Promoted to a paid researcher based on contributions and initiative from my initial RA position.
- Conducting a literature review and developing an independent research proposal on using AI and VR simulation to improve AV accessibility for people with disabilities.
- Collaborating with lab members on human-centered engineering research aimed at bridging technology gaps for underserved populations.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
NHanCE Lab
- Built Fountain of Tech, a website optimized for older adults focused on autonomous vehicles, and deployed SHanCE, an AV assessment survey capturing responses from 50+ participants for factor analysis.
- Collaborated on human-centered engineering research bridging technology gaps for underserved populations.
- Work here led to a promotion to a paid research position.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
DC Lab
- Developed a dispatch and scheduling algorithm for simulated OHT fleets in AMHS-style semiconductor fab environments, comparing utilization and flow metrics.
- Applied stochastic modeling to evaluate throughput under uncertainty, identifying bottleneck stages in wafer-lot material movement and proposing improvement strategies.
- Gained hands-on exposure to semiconductor manufacturing logistics and discrete-event simulation methodologies.
Lab Intern
SMART Lab
- Programmed a Roomba to autonomously navigate through a maze using Python and Linux-based tooling.
- Gained foundational knowledge in mobile robotics, sensor integration, and path-planning algorithms.
- Worked in a lab setting focused on autonomous systems and hands-on embedded programming.
Leadership and Community
Industrial Engineering Mentor
Purdue University
- Mentored 16 undergraduates on curriculum planning, career development, and internship preparation.
- 12 mentees have secured internship or co-op placements so far.
- Provided one-on-one guidance tailored to each student's goals and timeline.
Judicial Clerk
Purdue Student Government
- Documented notes for judicial hearings on parking ticket disputes and student appeals.
- Ensured accurate records for each case to support fair and consistent rulings.
- Gained exposure to procedural governance and student judicial processes.
Small Group Leader
Cornerstone
- Led a small group focused on spiritual growth throughout the entire school year.
- Scheduled and ran weekly meetings with creative engagement activities including custom icebreaker games.
- Built a consistent, welcoming community that encouraged open conversation and personal development.
Flex Team + Solo Event Planner
Cornerstone
- Brainstormed and executed large-scale events including cooking competitions, scavenger hunts, and semester-long leagues.
- Self-hosted Cornerstone's first arm wrestling tournament, first track and field tournament, and first indoor soccer tournament, handling all logistics, venue booking, and outreach.
- Organized and ran Valorant tournaments with full bracket management and community engagement.
IM Team Captain
Purdue Intramural Sports
- Created and captained soccer, softball, volleyball, and basketball teams nearly every semester.
- Organized practices and coordinated schedules across multiple sports and rosters.
- Built a consistent group of players and kept the competitive spirit fun and inclusive.
Selected Projects
Full archiveBoiler Optimizer
- Built an academic planning tool that solves a MIP to generate optimized multi-semester schedules accounting for prereqs, time conflicts, and degree rules.
- Integrated an LLM-powered chatbot for multi-criteria major and concentration recommendations within Purdue Engineering.
StatWorkbench
- Built an analysis workflow that ingests CSV data and generates diagnostic visualizations including QQ plots, residual plots, and leverage analysis.
- Implemented Multiple Linear and Ridge Regression pipelines with side-by-side model comparison via RMSE and adjusted R².
MarkovSim
- Designed a simulation pitting human judgment against an MCDM model to demonstrate continuous Markov Chains through a simple game.
- Modeled state transitions with Markov Chains to evaluate strategy evolution over time under uncertainty.
MLR of Crime Rate vs Socioeconomic Factors
- Standardized data in R, set target variables and predictors, and formulated null and alternate hypotheses.
- Built an MLR model to quantify the relationship between socioeconomic factors and crime rate across regions.
Bottle It Up IMS
- Developed a full-stack information management website for a simulated bottling facility.
- Designed the database schema and built CRUD operations to manage inventory, orders, and facility data.
Certain Gold
- Building a 2D extraction platformer featuring a slime main character with momentum-based movement mechanics.
- Designing level layouts with environmental hazards and resource-collection objectives.